Member

The douchebags are probably raising an altar to Iwata, their patron and benefactor.

And for the people who defend this, Nintendo is arguably at their historic low when it comes to mindshare and influence. The winners this gen are not playing scarcity games - they want their product in the hands of consumers, not sitting on some arsewipe's closet waiting for the ebay auction to close.

Knowing Gamestop they will have a similar deal in a couple weeks once inventory gets stocked and Nintendo wants to push the N3DS sales. They always seem to be running the $125 PS4 credit every couple months. If you can wait for another deal to come up that is.

No, it's GameStop's fault? Nintendo didn't force them to open pre-orders as soon as the Direct ended, which caused them to sell out before the West Coast was really awake.

They also didn't force them not to do actual in store pre-orders for the special edition systems. I really wanted to go to a midnight launch and not to have paid $17 extra to get it on the release date...

Member

Oh no. You see, when Nintendo does this, they build up a name for themselves, so then they just get BACK that money when new stock comes in. It's really smart, and it's the reason they are profitable. The scalpers and low stock help them out in this way.*

Member

Member

Plenty of ordinary units throughout the city here (Austria, Europe). Bundles, not so much. I luckily found a MH one in a chain for office- and school supplies...
Good thing they've sent the bundles to all these unbearable youtube hipsters for advertisment, yet don't provide the product anyway.

If its anything like what I saw at GameStop/Target here at Evanston/Chicagoland, they HAD a lot in for both pre-orders and on-shelf. They're just gone now.

I went looking since BB still hasn't shipped my XL and I am getting worried they may never ship or update the order. All the GameStops/Targets I hit up were out and they weren't out of "we only had one" they were out, out of many.

I don't know if this is a supply issue or just an absurd demand issue. How many consoles is normal for a stock?

Member

Member

I'm at Walmart and there's a red one, but I wanted to do the trade in deal at Gamestop. But they're sold out. They said maybe try back Sunday for preorders that weren't picked up, but dammit I want to play MM now.

Member

I kind of hope they cancel it, to be honest. I'd like this $215 charge to leave my bank account, so I can put it towards a PS4. If I'm not able to get an item I pre-purchased on release day, I'd rather just wait a bit and buy the product in store.

When you pre-order an item the moment its made available and you don't receive that item on launch day, there's a fundamental problem with the pre-order system.

Member

So can you tell us if this is supply line issues as per usual or crazy demand or a little of both? I'm actually curious what sorts of numbers for console refreshes are usually expected/shipped vs. pre-orders.

Member

There are no Gamestops or Targets selling any variant of them near where I live; only Best Buy has any in stock and they're going fast. When I went to pick mine up at 10AM, the line behind me was 5 deep.

Looks like Nintendo severely underestimated demand again. Or just didn't bother trying to keep it stocked beyond pre-orders at all..

Banned

Banned

So can you tell us if this is supply line issues as per usual or crazy demand or a little of both? I'm actually curious what sorts of numbers for console refreshes are usually expected/shipped vs. pre-orders.

Junior Member

My brother tried to pick up a black New 3DS XL and failed miserably. He had to settle on a red one with the hopes that he can return it for a black one before the return period is up. They are bone-dry out of stock for black New 3DS XLs here in South Metro Atlanta.

The NPD results for the New 3DS XL is going to be interesting as hell.

Member

I pre-ordered one and promised it to my friend for his daughter figuring I'd be able to swing toysRus,Target or best buy to get myself a loose one, NOPE. I'm just sitting here with Super smash bros 3ds and hundreds of dollars in amiibos and no new 3ds....